US 12,458,006 B2
Fish lure component
Bruce Ryan Daniels, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to AI TACKLE INC., Ottawa (CA)
Appl. No. 18/281,109
Filed by AI TACKLE INC., Ottawa (CA)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CA2022/050327
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/187944, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/179,963, filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,756, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156074 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 85/12 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 85/122 (2022.02) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fish lure component, comprising:
a housing having external surfaces that define rotation inducing surfaces of a vane structure and that are configured to rotate the housing about an axis thereof during movement of the housing through a body of water in a direction that is generally aligned with the axis; and
a hook portion pivotably coupled to the housing;
wherein the housing communicates with the hook portion such that rotational motion of the housing is transferred to the hook portion and thereby causing the housing and the hook portion to rotate together during use;
wherein the hook portion comprises first and second hook members disposed in an opposing arrangement, wherein each one of the first and second hook members includes a shank. a bend and a point, and wherein a bend direction of the first hook member is opposite a bend direction of the second hook member such that the point of each one of the first and second hook members is disposed in an overlapping and generally parallel arrangement with the shank of the other one of the first and second hook members when the hook portion is in a closed configuration; and
further comprising a biasing member for normally biasing the hook portion in the closed configuration, wherein the hook portion is operable between the closed configuration and an open configuration in response to a fish strike on the hook portion;
wherein the biasing member comprises at least one band of a resiliently deformable material disposed between the shank of the first hook member and the shank of the second hook member.